Adrian Tan Quotes

#1. You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.

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#2. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.

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#3. Find that pursuit that will energize you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don't, you are working.

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#4. There's a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are "making a living". No, they're not. They're dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.

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#5. Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don't, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

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#6. Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.

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#7. It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance.

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#8. Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone. You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life expectancy.

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#9. Life is complicated. It wtarts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it. And it ends long before we've worked out just what to do.

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